Black people are four more times more likely than white people to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act, according to NHS figures. When Antonio Ferreira was sectioned he says he felt he was discriminated against because of his skin colour. Now a student at Essex University, he hopes to improve police understanding of mental … Read more ‘Being sectioned felt like a punishment’
As the coronavirus pandemic puts pressure on NHS resources, millions pf people remain on waiting lists for other treatments. Source link
Boris Johnson has said there is still a very substantial risk of intensive care units in hospitals being overwhelmed by the spread of the coronavirus. It comes on a day when the UK has recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day in Europe. Fergal Keane last visited the Imperial Healthcare Trust’s St … Read more Covid ward revisited 10 months on
A group of leading charities has told BBC Breakfast more must be done by the government to support people who are shielding and their carers this lockdown. They said they should be supported financially, practically and emotionally, to ensure they are safe and protected until receiving a vaccine. Source link
A GP has vaccinated her father against Covid-19 as part of the nationwide vaccination programme. It was the first time Dr Anne Hampton, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, had been able to see her father, Chris, for ten months. The film of him being vaccinated was taken by her son, 18-year-old Billy Arthur, who said it was … Read more ‘I vaccinated my father against Covid-19’
Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden says NHS staff are facing “devastating” abuse from coronavirus sceptics. Source link
A twenty-year-old from Cambridgeshire who spent a week in intensive care with Covid-19 says he can’t believe so many young people are in denial about the virus. Jay Clack fell ill on December 27th and within five days, 80% of his lungs has stopped functioning. While in intensive care he had a goodbye phone call … Read more ‘I couldn’t tell my parents I love them’
The three Covid-19 vaccines are from Pfizer-BioNTech, the University of Oxford and Astra-Zeneca and Moderna. The Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines each require two doses and you are not fully vaccinated until a week after your second shot. But there are many differences between them. BBC health correspondent Laura Foster looks at how much immunity … Read more Which vaccine is better? Covid-19 vaccines compared
Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a “perilous moment” in the fight against the virus. The Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham. … Read more What happens inside a mass vaccination centre
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited a mass vaccination centre in Bristol. During his visit, he announced over 2 million people had received a coronavirus vaccination so far. The government is aiming to offer vaccinations to around 15 million people in the UK – the over-70s, older care home residents and staff, frontline healthcare workers … Read more ‘I’m very excited about today’